Friday, July 4


UCLA students enact a conversation about nuclear research just before World War II in play “˜Copenhagen”

Just as the chaos of World War II was about to break out in Europe, two friends and colleagues sat down to have a conversation in Copenhagen, Denmark, about the future of nuclear research. Michael Frayn's award-winning dramatization of the night's events, "Copenhagen," is being presented tonight by the UCLA theater department. Read more...

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Third-year theater student Jake Rude and fourth-year theater student Heather Kellogg star as Niels Bohr and his wife Margarethe in “Copenhagen.” The play is a dramatization of events right before World War II began.


Roberto Cuoghi’s diverse collection of self-portraits, on display at the Hammer Museum, addresses universal theme of personal potential and re-assessment

Many people have probably wondered what they would be like if, say, they hadn't gone to UCLA, made their particular set of friends or picked their chosen major. Italian artist Roberto Cuoghi certainly isn't new to these musings. Read more...

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Roberto Cuoghi’s portrait “Untitled, 2010″ is featured at the Hammer Museum. (credit: Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milano)


Alumnus Allan deSouza reworks famed masterpieces to explore feelings of displacement

Something about the colorful, pixilated print is familiar, and yet, it's not immediately clear why. Then the faint outline of Paul Cezanne's face emerges from the yellow, red and green patterns. The piece, "Cezanne," is a digitally altered version of Cezanne's famous self-portrait and hangs along similarly remastered works of some of the most well-known names in Western art. The artwork is part of "His Masters' Tools," an exhibition currently on display through May 29 at the Fowler Museum. Read more...

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“Cezanne” by alumnus Allan deSouza is now displayed at Fowler Museum. (courtesy of Talwar Gallery, NY)


Broadway Bruins

Bruins Care performs musical numbers for charity

January 24, 2011 – Cross-dressing, high kicks, and plenty of vocal riffing. This past weekend marked the third year that Bruins Care has been putting together its musical revue for the UCLA community. [2:44]

"Bruins Care performs musical numbers for charity"

A sea of newsboy hats floods the stage. A female performer goes for a toe touch and falls. A group of men, dressed in sparkling attire, learn to "bend and snap," as another performer rips his pants. Read more...

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Bruins Care will perform its yearly musical theater revue for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS today and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Northwest Campus Auditorium. The group will sing songs from “Singin’ in the Rain” and more contemporary musicals, such as “Legally Blonde.”



Performance troupe My Barbarian parodies political, social issues

Geometric shapes, hanging windows and doors that lead to nowhere linger in the shadows of the Hammer Museum's exhibit, "The Night Epi$ode." Los Angeles-based performance group My Barbarian put together the exhibit by finding inspiration in the supernatural to parody political and social issues through their video gallery exhibition. Read more...

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Founders of the Los Angeles-based performance group My Barbarian, Jade Gordon and UCLA alumni Malik Gaines and Alexandro Segade, will present a performance of “Death Panel Discussion,” parodying traditional panel discussions and the process of inclusion that artists face, today at the Hammer Museum. The performance runs in conjunction with the group’s video installation, “The Night Epi$ode,” which is on display in the Hammer video gallery through Sunday. (Credit: Hammer Museum)



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